List of thriller films of the 1950s

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A list of thriller films released in the 1950s.

TitleDirectorCastCountrySubgenre/Notes
1950
Armored Car RobberyRichard FleischerCharles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William TalmanUnited StatesCrime thriller[1]
The Asphalt JungleJohn HustonSterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, James WhitmoreUnited StatesCrime thriller[2]
The Killer That Stalked New YorkEarl McEvoyEvelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, William BishopUnited StatesCrime thriller[3]
The Man Who Cheated HimselfFelix E. FeistLee J. Cobb, John Dall, Jane WyattUnited StatesPsychological thriller[4]
Mystery StreetJohn SturgesRicardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce BennettUnited States[5]
Panic in the StreetsElia KazanRichard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel GeddesUnited States[6]
Seven Days to NoonJohn Boulting, Roy BoultingBarry Jones, Olive SloaneUnited Kingdom[7]
Side StreetAnthony MannFarley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James CraigUnited StatesCrime thriller[8]
Stage FrightAlfred HitchcockJane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael WildingUnited States[9]
Where Danger LivesJohn FarrowRobert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude RainsUnited States[10]
Where the Sidewalk EndsOtto PremingerDana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary MerrillUnited States[11]
Woman on the RunNorman FosterAnn Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert KeithUnited States[12]
1951
Cause for Alarm!Tay GarnettLoretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce CowlingUnited States[13]
Fourteen HoursHenry HathawayRichard Basehart, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel GeddesUnited States[14]
Strangers on a TrainAlfred HitchcockFarley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth RomanUnited States[15]
1952
Don't Bother to KnockRoy Ward BakerRichard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne BancroftUnited States[16]
The Narrow MarginRichard FleischerCharles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Gordon GeberlUnited States[17]
Sudden FearDavid MillerJoan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria GrahameUnited States[18]
Without Warning!Arnold LavenAdam Williams, Meg RandallFrance
United States		[19]
1953
The Big HeatFritz LangGlenn Ford, Gloria GrahameUnited States[20]
The Hitch-HikerIda LupinoEdmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William TalmanUnited States[21]
The Limping ManCy Raker EndfieldLloyd BridgesUnited KingdomCrime thriller[22]
VickiHarry HornerJeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliott ReidUnited States[23]
The Wages of FearHenri-Georges ClouzotYves Montand, Charles VanelFrance
Italy		[24]
1954
Les DiaboliquesHenri-Georges ClouzotSimone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul MeurisseFrance[25]
Dial M for MurderAlfred HitchcockRay Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert CummingsUnited States[26]
Rear WindowAlfred HitchcockJames Stewart, Grace KellyUnited States[27]
Witness to MurderRoy RowlandBarbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary MerrillUnited States[28]
1955
Bad Day at Black RockJohn SturgesSpencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne FrancisUnited States[29]
Cast a Dark ShadowLewis GilbertDirk Bogarde, Mona Washbourne, Margaret LockwoodUnited Kingdom[30]
The Desperate HoursWilliam WylerHumphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur KennedyUnited States[31]
Killer's KissStanley KubrickFrank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene KaneUnited States[32]
A Kiss Before DyingGerd OswaldRobert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Joanne WoodwardUnited States[33]
Kiss Me DeadlyRobert AldrichRalph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul StewartUnited States[34]
Mr. ArkadinOrson WellesOrson Welles, Michael Redgrave, Jack Watling, Patricia MedinaFrance
Spain
United Kingdom		Psychological thriller[35]
The Night of the HunterCharles LaughtonRobert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian GishUnited States[36]
RififiJules DassinJean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert ManuelFranceCrime thriller[37]
1956
The KillingStanley KubrickSterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie WindsorUnited StatesCrime thriller[38]
The Man Who Knew Too MuchAlfred HitchcockJames Stewart, Doris DayUnited States[39]
Please Murder MePeter GodfreyMadge Blake, Raymond BurrUnited States[40]
While the City SleepsFritz LangDana Andrews, Ida Lupino, Rhonda FlemingUnited States[41]
1957
The Devil Strikes at NightRobert SiodmakMario Adorf, Hannes Messemer, Claus HolmGermany
Les EspionsHenri-Georges ClouzotCurd Jürgens, Véra Clouzot, Gerard SetyFrance
Italy		Psychological thriller[42]
Quatermass 2Val GuestBrian Donlevy, John Longden, Sid JamesUnited Kingdom
United States		[43]
1958
Elevator to the GallowsLouis MalleJeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges PoujoulyFrance[44]
It Happened in Broad DaylightLadislao VajdaHeinz Rühmann, Gert Fröbe, Michel SimonSwitzerland
Germany
Spain
The Quiet AmericanJoseph L. MankiewiczAudie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Claude DauphinUnited States[45]
Touch of EvilOrson WellesCharlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson WellesUnited StatesPsychological thriller[46]
VertigoAlfred HitchcockJames Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel GeddesUnited StatesPsychological thriller[47]
1959
Jack the RipperMonty Berman, Robert S. BakerLee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, Betty McDowallUnited Kingdom[48]
Night TrainJerzy KawalerowiczLeon Niemczyk, Teresa Szmigielowna, Zbigniew CybulskiPolandPsychological thriller[49]
North by NorthwestAlfred HitchcockCary Grant, Eva Marie SaintUnited States[50]
The Testament of Dr. CordelierJean RenoirJean-Louis Barrault, Jean Topart, Michel VitoldFrance[51]

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  7. Erickson, Hal. "Seven Days to Noon:Overview". Allrovi. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
  8. Erickson, Hal. "Side Street:Overview". Allrovi. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
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